Choctaw edit

Pronoun edit

chishno (second-person singular)

  1. you, yours, thou, thee, thine

Usage notes edit

Choctaw usually doesn't use personal pronouns, instead relying on pronominal affixes.

Inflection edit

emphatic possessive‡
singular paucal plural singular paucal plural
first-person ano
sashno
pishno hapishno ammi pimmi hapimmi
second-person chishno hachishno chimmi hachimmi
third-person yamma ilap
Recent analogous formation in Mississippi Choctaw. Considered substandard.
First- and second-person are archaic in Mississippi Choctaw, where the emphatic pronouns are used for possession instead.

See also edit